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    vitrectomy during pregnancy,please help!!

    I'm not sure if there's a private message option on here. edit by mod -- remove contact tel number details
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    vitrectomy during pregnancy,please help!!

    It's called noctura. It's a sleep mask that omits a green light while you sleep. It stops the retinopathy progressing it also helped the oedema in my right eye go away completely. It's. Quite pricey and only available privately (about 250 gbp a month) but in my opinion it saved my sight. I had 3...
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    vitrectomy during pregnancy,please help!!

    I have now had my baby. My left eyes vision is still very bad, but my right eye spontaneously got better around 24 weeks pregnant. I used the noctura night mask religiously and I swear that it saved my vision. Happy to give info on my treatment and everything if anyone is.going through the same
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    vitrectomy during pregnancy,please help!!

    @Emilyprice I'm in South Wales . Sorry about the bad spelling on my phone x
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    vitrectomy during pregnancy,please help!!

    @Emilyprice Thank you for getting back to me. It actually made me cry so nice to know I'm not alone. I have a strong family network. Iv just spent my life fearcly independent and this on top of everything is making me feel like I'm loosing control. How did the eye mask go? You sound like the...
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    vitrectomy during pregnancy,please help!!

    Thank you for your kind words. I have spoken to my retinal specialist and in all fairness he is great. But not very reassuring but he did tell me that he can't be as he's legally not aloud to give me information that may sway my decission on having treatment or not. It just seems to be all the...
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    Is it possible to have successful 2nd pregnancy with eye issues?

    Hi @Emilyprice I was wondering if you had any improvement with the mask?
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    Is it possible to have successful 2nd pregnancy with eye issues?

    Hi all, your posts are so inspirational and I feel so much better that I am not the only person who is suffering with macular edema during pregnancy. I'm currently 23 weeks. And it has been hell. Completely unplanned I was told 8 years ago that I wpuld never be able to conceive. So unplanned and...
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    vitrectomy during pregnancy,please help!!

    Hi I'm suffering with macular edema now with my first pregnancy. I have had laser in my left eye but the vision got worse with it. I'm now 23 weeks. Iv been off work since 19 weeks from it. I'm absolutely petrified I'm going to loose my vision. It's caused depression thay I havnt suffered with...
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